Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
"'Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; 'Why, what a long sleep you've had!' 'Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice." Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice awoke from her phantasmagorical journey to Wonderland, having...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
This morning a coalition of environmental and public health groups issued a report entitled Transition to Green, providing priority environmental recommendations for the Obama administration transition team. I co-chaired the committee responsible for developing priority recommendations for EPA, and also chaired...continued→
Posted by John Walke
In late May, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied EPA and utility industry requests to rehear the original court panel’s unanimous decision overturning EPA’s so-called Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) for power plants. I said at...continued→
Posted by John Walke
The AP's Joe Hebert has written a powerful article on a scandal emerging from EPA in the wake of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously overturning EPA's mercury rules for power plants. The AP article appeared...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
On February 8th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with NRDC and a coalition of public health groups, tribes, and states, ruling that EPA had illegally evaded the protective Clean Air Act safeguards requiring deep and timely...continued→
